Sonny Jackson
Roland Thomas Jackson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 9, 1944 in Washington, DC
High School: Blair (Blair, MD)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Final Game: July 9, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 HOU NL 18 SS 1 1 5.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 -0.9 -216.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 9.00 5.00 .967 4.86 4.20
1964 HOU NL 19 SS 7 5 48.2 23 8 12 3 1 .870 -3.5 -86.3 -2.5 -2.8 0.3 -1 3.70 2.86 .965 5.03 4.31
1965 HOU NL 20 SS 8 7 59.0 32 16 15 1 3 .969 -0.7 -14.2 -0.7 -1.1 0.5 0 4.73 3.88 .962 4.93 4.20
1965 HOU NL 20 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1966 HOU NL 21 SS 150 150 1311.0 756 270 449 37 73 .951 -19.0 -17.4 -16.0 -3.8 -12.2 -3 4.94 4.79 .964 4.96 4.43 RoY-2
1967 HOU NL 22 SS 128 124 1108.1 618 204 379 35 63 .943 -14.9 -16.1 -14.9 -8.7 -6.3 0 4.73 4.55 .964 4.99 4.31
1968 ATL NL 23 SS 99 94 855.2 461 132 307 22 35 .952 3.6 5.0 3.6 -3.9 7.5 0 4.62 4.43 .962 4.98 4.50
1969 ATL NL 24 SS 97 88 781.2 432 161 254 17 48 .961 -0.5 -0.8 1.5 -2.1 3.5 -2 4.78 4.28 .963 4.93 4.21
1970 ATL NL 25 SS 87 78 722.0 389 123 240 26 40 .933 -6.0 -10.0 -5.0 -3.6 -1.3 -1 4.52 4.17 .966 5.05 4.23
1971 ATL NL 26 CF 145 136 1252.0 354 339 8 7 0 .980 -16.8 -16.1 -16.8 -5.9 -10.9 0 2.49 2.39 .982 2.64 2.30
1971 ATL NL 26 OF 145 136 1252.0 351 336 8 7 0 .980 -16.8 -16.1 -16.8 -5.9 -10.9 0 2.47 2.37 .979 2.19 1.92
1972 ATL NL 27 SS 17 15 123.1 82 28 52 2 9 .976 4.1 39.9 4.1 0.8 3.4 0 5.84 4.71 .967 5.04 4.48
1972 ATL NL 27 OF 10 4 44.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -67.7 -2.5 -2.0 -0.6 0 1.22 0.60 .983 2.17 1.96
1972 ATL NL 27 CF 9 4 41.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -69.1 -2.4 -1.9 -0.6 0 1.30 0.67 .983 2.59 2.36
1972 ATL NL 27 3B 6 5 43.0 24 13 10 1 0 .958 0.4 11.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.81 3.83 .946 2.87 2.55
1972 ATL NL 27 RF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -45.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
1973 ATL NL 28 OF 56 12 211.1 53 51 1 1 0 .981 2.5 14.2 2.5 4.4 -1.7 0 2.21 0.93 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 ATL NL 28 LF 49 10 169.0 43 41 1 1 0 .977 3.5 24.9 2.5 4.2 -1.7 1 2.24 0.86 .977 2.05 1.67
1973 ATL NL 28 SS 36 27 239.0 135 42 88 5 10 .963 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 1.1 -0.5 -1 4.90 3.61 .961 4.93 4.31
1973 ATL NL 28 CF 4 2 27.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -65.9 -0.5 -0.4 0.0 -1 2.96 2.25 .978 2.63 2.28
1973 ATL NL 28 RF 4 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 0 2.40 1.00 .975 2.04 1.78
1974 ATL NL 29 OF 1 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.31 2.00
1974 ATL NL 29 RF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.70
10 Seasons SS 630 589 5253.2 2934 984 1801 149 282 .949 -38.3 -8.7 -30.3 -24.1 -6.0 -8 4.77 4.42 .964 4.98 4.35
4 Seasons OF 212 153 1514.2 412 395 9 8 0 .981 -16.9 -13.4 -16.9 -3.6 -13.2 0 2.40 1.91 .979 2.20 1.93
3 Seasons CF 158 142 1321.0 369 354 8 7 0 .981 -20.7 -18.8 -19.7 -8.2 -11.5 -1 2.47 2.29 .982 2.64 2.30
1 Season LF 49 10 169.0 43 41 1 1 0 .977 3.5 24.9 2.5 4.2 -1.7 1 2.24 0.86 .977 2.05 1.67
2 Seasons 3B 7 5 44.0 24 13 10 1 0 .958 0.4 10.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.70 3.29 .946 2.86 2.54
3 Seasons RF 6 1 24.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 14.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0 1.82 0.83 .980 2.04 1.75
12 Seasons TOT 849 747 6812.1 3370 1392 1820 158 282 .953 -54.8 -9.7 -46.8 -27.3 -19.2 0 -8 4.24 3.78 .919 4.35 3.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 HOU NL 18 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 19 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 2
1965 HOU NL 20 10 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 2
1966 HOU NL 21 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 22 129 124 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 ATL NL 23 105 94 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 2 5
1969 ATL NL 24 98 88 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 4 2
1970 ATL NL 25 103 78 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 8 12
1971 ATL NL 26 149 136 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 2 6
1972 ATL NL 27 60 24 60 60 0 0 0 0 6 17 0 9 1 10 26 5
1973 ATL NL 28 117 39 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 36 49 4 4 56 32 16
1974 ATL NL 29 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
12 Seasons 936 747 936 932 0 0 0 0 7 630 49 158 6 212 0 82 50
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 HOU NL 18 30 73% 97% 27% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 19 231 55% 81% 23% 19 79% 0 7 6 1 0 10 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1965 HOU NL 20 254 46% 78% 25% 22 91% 0 15 7 3 5 13 10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 21 5743 61% 78% 26% 625 90% 1 271 147 99 25 457 367 77 0 4 37 0 31 6 31 74 24 6 25 5 2 65 30 32 9 6 3
1967 HOU NL 22 4735 64% 76% 25% 513 87% 5 196 101 69 26 379 290 70 3 7 33 0 25 8 28 62 24 6 18 2 3 55 30 23 6 4 0
1968 ATL NL 23 3245 59% 80% 28% 344 92% 0 120 61 46 13 272 223 46 0 4 18 1 14 3 12 34 18 0 12 1 1 32 18 14 2 1 1
1969 ATL NL 24 3276 59% 78% 25% 333 90% 1 150 78 64 9 241 185 51 0 3 17 1 14 2 11 45 13 7 12 5 1 43 21 18 1 0 1
1970 ATL NL 25 3041 63% 76% 25% 295 88% 2 118 59 51 8 220 173 39 1 1 25 0 24 1 20 37 13 3 13 3 0 35 16 16 2 2 0
1972 ATL NL 27 496 72% 79% 27% 60 95% 1 23 11 9 3 49 32 16 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 9 4 1 1 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2
1973 ATL NL 28 1061 59% 78% 26% 112 89% 0 40 17 17 6 89 71 18 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 10 4 0 4 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 0
10 Seasons 22112 61% 78% 26% 2327 89% 10 940 487 359 95 1733 1359 323 6 24 141 2 119 20 112 276 101 23 86 16 9 249 125 111 23 14 7
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 ATL NL 26 7 0 7 0 1 8 0 4 1 3 57 33 1 49 9 1 6 1 1 17 5 0 22 15 0 151 63 41.7% 85 3 2.0% 5 5319 60% 79% 26% 581 57%
1972 ATL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 194 55% 82% 35% 14 43%
1973 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 117 59% 86% 32% 21 43%
3 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 8 0 4 1 3 59 34 1 52 10 1 6 1 1 21 5 0 23 16 0 161 66 41.0% 92 3 1.9% 5 5630 60% 80% 27% 616 56%
MLB Averages 41.6% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 ATL NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 687 53% 78% 24% 62 65%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 687 53% 78% 24% 62 65%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 HOU NL 20 5 40% 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 27 184 64% 80% 34% 25 88% 0 13 12 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 189 63% 80% 33% 25 88% 0 13 12 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 ATL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 78% 11% 0
1973 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 62 61% 74% 35% 8 50%
1974 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 61% 61% 36% 3 33%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 99 63% 71% 33% 11 45%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 61% 77% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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